Timaná is a town and municipality in the

Huila Department Huila () is one of the departments of Colombia. It is located in the southwest of the country, and its capital is Neiva. Demography and Ethnography Huila department had a population of 1,122,622 inhabitants in 2020, of which 679,667 (60.54%) ...

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. The municipality is located in the south of Huila at an altitude of and southwest of the capital

Neiva Neiva () is the capital and most populated city of the Department of Huila, south central Colombia. It is located in the valley of the Magdalena River with a municipal population of 388,299. It is one of the most important cities in southern Co ...

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History

The region of Timaná before the conquest in Colombia was inhabited by the Timana, bordered to the north by the and farther north, the Paez and

Pijao The Pijao (also Piajao, Pixao, Pinao) are an indigenous people from Colombia. Ethnography The Pijao or Pijaos formed a loose federation of anthropophagous Amerindians and were living in the present-day department of Tolima, Colombia. In p ...

. Modern Timaná was founded on December 18, 1538 by Pedro de Añasco, soldier in the army of

Sebastián de Belalcázar Sebastián Moyano y Cabrera, best known as Sebastián de Belalcázar (; c. 1490 – April 28, 1551) was a Spanish conquistador. Belalcázar, also written as Benalcázar. He is known as the founder of important early virreinal cities in the northw ...

.Fundacioned de ciudades y poblaciones
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References

Municipalities of Huila Department Populated places established in 1538 1538 establishments in the Spanish Empire {{Huila-geo-stub